The New York Daily News has done a nationwide study of gun violence involving children since December's Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, which includes two Alabama cases.

According to the study, 40 children have been accidentally shot by themselves or other children since the Newtown massacre. Other cases involving adults shooting children bring the number up to 120 since December.

Alabama is one of 17 states where such incidents have happened.

William Parris, 12, was killed January 8 in Pleasant Valley outside Jacksonville when he was shot with a shotgun accidentally fired by his cousin. The shotgun had been the cousin's Christmas present. Here is a story on the incident that appeared in The Anniston Star.